Shipping-receptacle.



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SHIPPING-RECEPTACLE.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed February 6, 1914. Serial No. 816,966.

To all 207mm t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E; CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canon City, in the county of Fremont, State of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShipping-Receptacles; and l do hereby declare the follo-wing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shippingreceptacles, especially those adapted for carrying fragile articles suchas eggs.

The object of the present invention resides in the provision of areceptacle provided with means for holding articles such as eggs in suchmanner that the jar and jolting incident to transportation of thereceptacle will not break the contents, it being further the object ofthe invention to provide compensating means whereby a layer of articlesof slightly different heights may be securely held.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of such adevice which may be easily operated, which is durable and eilicient inuse and which is further of such simple structure that it may bemanufactured at a comparatively low cost.

With the above and other Objects in view, the invention resides in thenovel combination, formation and arrangement of parts to be more fullyhereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing andparticularly pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawing wherein similar charactersof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the box, with the cover removed. Fig.2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the box. Fig. 8 is aperspective view of one of the resilient spacing members. Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional view through a type of spacing member adapted. foruse in n receptacles rzltving more than one layer of eggs or the i ze.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the box orrecep-i tacle comprises the usual side and end walls 5 and a bottom 6and a cover 7 which may be fastened on the box by any desired means.

Disposed in the top and bottom of the box are spacing members, each ofwhich comprises a frame formed of side and end members 8 and 9respectively. Said members are nailed or otherwise secured together anddisposed across one face of the frame is a strip of stout canvas or likematerial lO tightly'stretched and secured to the side and end members ofthe frame so that a resilient surface is provided. Disposed between thespacing members is an egg carrying member l1 comprising longitudinal and`transverse series of suitably connected strips formed of a conventionaltype of cardboard sections resiliently connected. It is noted that theegg carrying member supports the spacing members.

If there be two layers of egg carrying members, a spacing member isdisposed between the layers which, as shown in Figll: comprises theframe 12 and strips 13 of stout canvas or like material secured oneaohface thereof.

If the eggs vary in height, they will press with varying force againstthe canvas, but as they canvas is stretched both ways all of the eggswill be securely held. By providing the side and end members 8 and 9, itis observed that when the spacing members and the egg carrying membersare positioned in the box there can be no movement of said membersthemselves relatively to the box.

From the foregoing it is observed that an extremely simple structure hasbeen provided which will efficiently perform all of the functionsnormally required thereof.

A shipping receptacle for eggs or like ar ticles comprising a fbox, topand bottom spacing members each including a rectangular frame adapted tofit in the box and a sheet of canvas er like material stretched amoroseand secured to the frame and Subn testimony whereof, I aBX my signa,-stantlally coincident with` the plane of its ture, n the presence of twoWitnesses. inner face, a fillenmember disposed between ROBERT E.CHAPMAN.

the said spacing .members and having oom- Wtnes'st'es: Y 5 partments torecelve the artlclesfand a cover SAMUEL'WAUGH,

for the boX. Y CHAS. R. MCLAIN.

Copies of this Apatent :nay be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Gommissoner of Patents.

' Washington, D. G.

